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1	1	81R1559 PEP-D
2	2	By: Thompson H.B. No. 2596
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to allowing a person who successfully completes a term of
8	8	deferred adjudication community supervision to be eligible for a
9	9	pardon.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Article 48.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
12	12	amended to read as follows:
13	13	Art. 48.01. GOVERNOR MAY PARDON. In all criminal cases,
14	14	except treason and impeachment, the Governor shall have power,
15	15	after conviction or successful completion of a term of deferred
16	16	adjudication community supervision, on the written signed
17	17	recommendation and advice of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, or a
18	18	majority thereof, to grant reprieves and commutations of
19	19	punishments and pardons; and upon the written recommendation and
20	20	advice of a majority of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, he shall
21	21	have the power to remit fines and forfeitures. The Governor shall
22	22	have the power to grant one reprieve in any capital case for a
23	23	period not to exceed 30 days; and he shall have power to revoke
24	24	conditional pardons. With the advice and consent of the
25	25	Legislature, the Governor may grant reprieves, commutations of
26	26	punishment and pardons in cases of treason.
27	27	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009, but only
28	28	if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 81st Legislature,
29	29	Regular Session, 2009, authorizing the governor to grant a pardon
30	30	to a person who successfully completes a term of deferred
31	31	adjudication community supervision is approved by the voters. If
32	32	that amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act has no
33	33	effect.